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Uwem Akpan: A minority voice out of Biafra
BOOK REVIEW BOOK: New York, My Village AUTHOR: Uwem Akpan PUBLISHERS: Parresia Publishers, Lagos YEAR: 2022 REVIEWER: Olayinka Oyegbile All...
Buhari fetes Okediran on literary award
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), Dr Wale Okediran, on...
Alkalam Writers to hold public commemoration, book presentation on late broadcaster, author Mahmoon Baba-Ahmed
Alkalam Writers Association, Kaduna, says it is organising a public commemoration and book presentation on renown Hausa broadcaster and author,...
Alleged defamation: Court remands popular Kano Tiktok skit maker Murja
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, ordered that a popular Tiktok skit maker Murja Kunya, 24, be...
Poetic mapping of emotions: Emman Usman Shehu’s The River Never Returns
Book Review TITLE: The River Never Returns AUTHOR: Emman Usman Shehu PUBLISHERS: Topaz Books, Abuja YEAR: 2022 REVIEWERS: Isah Aliyu...
Creative Writing and Writers’ Residencies
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE RECEPTION FOR EBEDI FELLOWS AT THE EBEDI INTERNATIONAL WRITERS RESIDENCY, ISEYIN, NIGERIA ON JANUARY 21 2023...
Four female African writers to kickstart 2023 Ebedi residency year
Four female writers have arrived the Ebedi International Writers Residency in Iseyin, Oyo State, to kickstart the 2023 Writers Residency...
Walking on Water
Iburama slinks across the sleeping village of Edah like one walking on water, afraid the magic might disappear and abandon...
Yemi Alade becomes Spotify’s “EQUAL Africa Artiste” for January
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has announced Nigerian Afro Pop artiste Yemi Alade as its ‘EQUAL Africa Artiste’ for January....
Prince Harry’s book exposes grief, war, drugs, family rifts
LONDON (AP) — Bereaved boy, troubled teen, wartime soldier, unhappy royal — many facets of Prince Harry are revealed in...